Anna Goldfarb

And a lot of our obligations aren't as voluntary.

We need our job.

We have a family.

We have these obligations.

And so people don't put a lot of time or effort into their friendships.

Also, I think because they think friendships should be easier.

I think when they were younger, friendships were easy because our lives...

were more simple.

Our problems were more simple.

So they might be expecting friendships to feel really easy like they were when you had nowhere to be and endless free time.

I mean, friendships are easy when you don't have much of life demanding too much from you.

Yeah, and there's heartbreak and there's heartache of you having some confusing friendship breakups in your past.

And maybe you're more guarded.

Maybe you're not as quick to trust.

So actually, trust in our society has plummeted.

And like since the 70s, our trust in government institutions and religious institutions in society as a whole and our personal relationships are bound to reflect those attitudes.

So, yeah, there's less trust in the air.

It is harder to maintain friendships.

It's definitely becoming more of a challenge and people are noticing it.

They're definitely noticing it.